Then something moved softly and Candy was standing at the end of the couch looking at me.
すると何かがそっと動いて、キャンディがソファの端に立って私を見ていた。
He had his switch knife in his hand.
switch knife
(飛び出しナイフ)
[名]
a knife with a blade that springs out of the handle when a button is pressed
彼は手に飛び出しナイフを持っていた。
He pressed the button and the blade shot out.
shoot out
(飛び出す)
[動]
to move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly
彼はボタンを押し、刃が飛び出した。
He pressed the button and the blade went back into the handle.
彼はボタンを押し、刃が柄の中に戻った。
There was a sleek glitter in his eye.
彼の目にはつややかな輝きがあった。
“No.” I stood up and held my hand out.
「いいえ」私は立ち上がって手を差し出した。
“Give me the knife, Candy.
「ナイフを渡して、キャンディ。
You're just a nice Mexican houseboy.
あなたはただの気のいいメキシコ人のボーイだ。
They'd hang it onto you and love it.
hang
(押し付ける)
[動]
to fasten or attach (something) so that it is suspended
love
(喜ぶ)
[動]
to be extremely fond of
彼らはそれをあなたに押し付けて喜ぶだろう。
Just the kind of smoke screen that would make them grin with delight.
smoke screen
(煙幕)
[名]
a cloud of smoke created to hide military units or installations
delight
(喜び)
[名]
a feeling of very great happiness
彼らを喜ばせる煙幕のようなものだった。
You don't know what I'm talking about.
あなたは私が何を言っているのかわからない。
But I do.
do
(知っている)
[動]
be aware of
でも私は知っている。
They fouled it up so bad that they couldn't straighten it out now if they wanted to.
foul up
(汚す)
[動]
to make a mess of something
so bad
(ひどく)
[副]
to a very great extent
straighten out
(まっすぐにする)
[動]
to make something straight
彼らはそれをひどく汚したので、彼らが望むなら今それをまっすぐにすることはできなかった。
And they don't want to.
そして彼らはそれを望んでいない。
They'd blast a confession out of you so quickly you wouldn't even have time to tell them your full name.
blast
(吹き飛ばす)
[動]
to blow up or destroy with explosives
quickly
(すぐに)
[副]
in a short time
full name
(フルネーム)
[名]
a person's complete name, including their first name, middle name, and last name
彼らはあなたから自白をすぐに吹き飛ばすので、あなたは彼らにあなたのフルネームを言う時間さえないだろう。
And you'd be sitting on your fanny up in San Quentin with a life sentence three weeks from Tuesday.”
fanny
(お尻)
[名]
buttocks
San Quentin
(サン・クエンティン)
[名]
a California state prison
life sentence
(終身刑)
[名]
a sentence of imprisonment for the rest of a person's life
three weeks
(3週間)
[名]
a period of three weeks
Tuesday
(火曜日)
[名]
the day of the week before Wednesday and following Monday
そして、あなたは火曜日から3週間の終身刑でサン・クエンティンであなたのお尻の上に座っているだろう。」
“The knife, Candy. I know all that. You're free.
free
(自由だ)
[形]
not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes
「ナイフ、キャンディ。私はそれをすべて知っている。あなたは自由だ。
You've got money saved.
あなたは貯金がある。
You've probably got eight brothers and sisters back home.
back home
(故郷)
[名]
the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or community
あなたはおそらく故郷に8人の兄弟姉妹がいる。
Be smart and go back where you came from.
be smart
(賢くする)
[動]
to be intelligent or clever
go back
(帰る)
[動]
to return to a place
where you came from
(来た場所)
[名]
the place you came from
賢くして、来た場所に帰りなさい。
This job here is dead.”
この仕事は死んでいる。」
“We don't have to do anything of the sort.
「そんな事をする必要はない。
We haven't enough evidence to swat a fly with.
swat
(叩く)
[動]
hit with a sharp blow from the flat of the hand or a flat object
ハエを叩くにも十分な証拠がない。
Let the law enforcement people do their own dirty work.
dirty work
(汚い仕事)
[名]
a task that is unpleasant or difficult
法執行機関の人間に彼ら自身の汚い仕事をさせろ。
Let the lawyers work it out.
work out
(解決する)
[動]
find a solution to a problem
弁護士に解決させろ。
They write the laws for other lawyers to dissect in front of other lawyers called judges so that other judges can say the first judges were wrong and the Supreme Court can say the second lot were wrong.
dissect
(解剖する)
[動]
cut up or cut open in order to examine and analyze
Supreme Court
(最高裁判所)
[名]
the highest court in the judicial branch of government
彼らは他の弁護士が裁判官と呼ばれる他の弁護士の前で解剖するための法律を書き、他の裁判官が最初の裁判官が間違っていたと言うことができ、最高裁判所が2番目の裁判官が間違っていたと言うことができるようにする。
Sure there's such a thing as law.
確かに法律というものはある。
We're up to our necks in it.
up to one's neck
(首まで浸かっている)
[熟]
deeply involved in something
私たちはそれに首まで浸かっている。
About all it does is make business for lawyers.
about all
(すべて)
[名]
the whole amount
それがすることのすべては弁護士のために仕事を作ることである。
How long do you think the big-shot mobsters would last if the lawyers didn't show them how to operate?”
big-shot
(大物)
[名]
a person of great importance
show
(教える)
[動]
to make known or clear
弁護士が彼らにどうやって運営するかを教えなかったら、大物ギャングはどれくらい続くと思う?」
Spencer said angrily: “That has nothing to do with it.
do with
(関係する)
[動]
be connected with or relevant to
スペンサーは怒って言った。「それは関係ない。
A man was killed in this house.
この家で男が殺された。
He happened to be an author and a very successful and important one, but that has nothing to do with it either.
彼はたまたま作家で、とても成功した重要な作家だったが、それも関係ない。
He was a man and you and I know who killed him.
彼は人間で、誰が彼を殺したかは君も私も知っている。
There's such a thing as justice.”
正義というものがある。」
“You're just as bad as she is if you let her get away with it.
get away with
(逃げる)
[動]
to avoid punishment or detection for something
「彼女を逃がしたら、君も彼女と同じくらい悪い。
I'm beginning to wonder about you a little, Marlowe.
君のことが少し気になり始めているよ、マーロウ。
You could have saved his life if you had been on your toes.
be on one's toes
(注意深い)
[動]
be alert and ready to act
君がもっと注意深ければ彼の命を救えたかもしれない。
In a sense you let her get away with it.
let
(逃がす)
[動]
allow to happen or be done
ある意味、君は彼女を逃がしたんだ。
And for all I know this whole performance this afternoon has been just that--a performance.”
for all I know
(私の知る限り)
[句]
to the best of my knowledge
そして、私の知る限り、今日の午後のこのパフォーマンスはまさにそれだった--パフォーマンスだ」
“That's right. A disguised love scene.
love scene
(ラブシーン)
[名]
a scene in a movie or play in which two people make love
「その通り。偽装されたラブシーン。
You could see Eileen is crazy about me.
crazy
(夢中)
[形]
insane or foolish
アイリーンが私に夢中なのがわかるだろ。
When things quiet down we may get married.
quiet down
(落ち着く)
[動]
become quiet or quieter
物事が落ち着いたら結婚するかもしれない。
She ought to be pretty well fixed.
fixed
(裕福な)
[形]
having a lot of money
彼女は相当裕福なはずだ。
I haven't made a buck out of the Wade family yet.
make a buck
(一銭ももらう)
[動]
earn money
Wade family
(ウェード家)
[名]
the family of Wade
私はまだウェード家から一銭ももらっていない。
I'm getting impatient.”
get impatient
(焦れる)
[動]
to become impatient
私、焦れてきちゃった」
“The right thing--whatever it is.”
「正しいことを、それが何であれ」
He reached down and picked up the pile of yellow script and tucked it under his arm.
tuck
(挟む)
[動]
push or fold the edges or ends of something into or under something else
彼は手を伸ばして黄色い台本の束を拾い上げ、それを腕の下に挟んだ。
“No, forget it. I guess you know what you are doing.
「いや、忘れてくれ。君は自分のしていることを分かっていると思う。
I'm a pretty good publisher but this is out of my line.
out of
(専門外)
[前]
not within the limits of
私はかなり優秀な出版社だが、これは私の専門外だ。
I guess what I really am is just a goddam stuffed shirt.”
stuffed shirt
(堅物)
[名]
a person who is too formal and old-fashioned
私の本当の姿は、ただのくそったれの堅物なんだろう」
He walked past me and Candy stepped out of his way, then went quickly to the front door and held it open.
walk past
(通り過ぎる)
[動]
go past someone or something
step out of
(避ける)
[動]
move away from
hold open
(開ける)
[動]
keep something open
彼は私の横を通り過ぎ、キャンディは彼の道を避け、それから素早く玄関に行き、ドアを開けた。
Spencer went out past him with a brief nod.
go out
(通り過ぎる)
[動]
pass by
past
(前)
[前]
in front of
スペンサーは彼の前を通り過ぎ、軽く会釈した。
I stopped beside Candy and looked into his dark shining eyes.
私はキャンディの横に立ち、彼の暗く輝く目を見た。
“The señora is very tired,” he said quietly.
「セニョーラはとても疲れている」と彼は静かに言った。
“She has gone to her room.
「彼女は自分の部屋に行った。
She will not be disturbed.
be disturbed
(邪魔をされる)
[動]
be interrupted or bothered
彼女は邪魔をされない。
I know nothing, señor.
私は何も知らない、セニョール。
No me acuerdo de nada ...
No me acuerdo de nada
(何も覚えていない)
[句]
I don't remember anything
何も覚えていない...
A sus órdenes, señor.”
A sus órdenes
(ご命令を)
[句]
at your service
ご命令を、セニョール」
He struggled with the batch of yellow paper under his arm, got it straightened out, and nodded to me.
batch
(束)
[名]
a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time
彼は腕の下の黄色い紙の束と格闘し、それをまっすぐにして、私にうなずいた。
I watched him heave open the door and go on in.
私は彼がドアを開けて中に入るのを見守った。
I eased up on the brake and the Olds slid out from the white curb, and that was the last I saw of Howard Spencer.
ease up
(緩める)
[動]
to become less intense or severe
brake
(ブレーキ)
[名]
a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle
slide out
(滑り出す)
[動]
to move smoothly and quickly
私はブレーキを緩め、オールズは白い縁石から滑り出した。そしてそれが私がハワード・スペンサーを見た最後だった。
I got home late and tired and depressed.
私は遅く帰宅し、疲れ、落ち込んでいた。
It was one of those nights when the air is heavy and the night noises seem muffled and far away.
one of those nights
(そんな夜の1つ)
[名]
a night when the air is heavy and the night noises seem muffled and far away
muffled
(くぐもった)
[形]
(of a sound) not clear or distinct
far away
(遠く)
[副]
at or to a great distance
空気が重く、夜の音がくぐもったように遠くで聞こえる夜だった。
There was a high misty indifferent moon.
高くかかった霧のかかった無関心な月があった。
I walked the floor, played a few records, and hardly heard them.
play a record
(レコードをかける)
[動]
to put a record on a record player and listen to it
私は床を歩き、レコードを何枚かかけたが、ほとんど聞こえなかった。
I seemed to hear a steady ticking somewhere, but there wasn't anything in the house to tick.
steady
(一定の)
[形]
not faltering or wavering
tick
(カチカチという音)
[名]
a short, sharp sound, especially one produced by a clock or watch
どこかで一定のカチカチという音が聞こえるようだった。しかし、家の中にカチカチ音を立てるようなものはなかった。
The ticking was in my head.
ticking
(カチカチ音)
[名]
a series of short, sharp sounds
カチカチ音は私の頭の中にあった。
I was a one-man death watch.
私は一人で死を見守っていた。
I thought of the first time I had seen Eileen Wade and the second and the third and the fourth.
fourth
(四度目)
[名]
the fourth occasion on which something happens or is done
私は初めてアイリーン・ウェードに会った時のことを思い出し、そして二度目、三度目、四度目のことを思い出した。
But after that something in her got out of drawing.
get out of
(狂う)
[動]
become crazy or insane
drawing
(絵)
[名]
a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon
しかし、その後、彼女の中の何かが狂ってしまった。
She no longer seemed quite real.
彼女はもはや現実的ではないように思えた。
A murderer is always unreal once you know he is a murderer.
unreal
(非現実的)
[形]
not real or true
殺人者は、殺人者だと知った途端に非現実的になる。
There are people who kill out of hate or fear or greed.
greed
(貪欲)
[名]
a very strong wish to have more of something, especially money, than is fair or reasonable
憎しみや恐怖や貪欲から殺す人がいる。
There are the cunning killers who plan and expect to get away with it.
get away with
(逃げ切る)
[動]
to avoid being caught or punished for something
計画的に殺して、逃げ切ろうとする狡猾な殺人者もいる。
There are the angry killers who do not think at all.
全く考えない怒り狂った殺人者もいる。
And there are the killers who are in love with death, to whom murder is a remote kind of suicide.
そして、死を愛し、殺人を遠回しな自殺と考える殺人者もいる。
In a sense they are all insane, but not in the way Spencer meant it.
ある意味、彼らは皆狂っているが、スペンサーが意味する狂気ではない。
The jangle of the telephone dragged me up out of a black well of sleep.
電話の音が私を眠りの深い井戸から引きずり出した。
I rolled over on the bed, fumbled for slippers, and realized that I hadn't been asleep for more than a couple of hours.
fumble
(探す)
[動]
feel or grope about clumsily or uncertainly
a couple of
(2)
[名]
two
私はベッドの上で寝返りを打ち、スリッパを探して、2時間以上寝ていなかったことに気がついた。
I felt like a half-digested meal eaten in a greasy-spoon joint.
greasy-spoon joint
(安食堂)
[名]
a cheap restaurant that serves simple food
half-digested
(半分消化された)
[形]
partially digested
私は安食堂で食べた半分消化された食事のような気分だった。
My eyes were stuck together and my mouth was full of sand.
目はくっつき、口の中は砂だらけだった。
I heaved up on the feet and lumbered into the living room and pulled the phone off the cradle and said into it: “Hold the line.”
heave up
(踏み出す)
[動]
to lift or move something with great effort
lumber
(よろめき入る)
[動]
to move in a slow, heavy, awkward way
say into
(受話器に向かって言う)
[動]
to speak into something
私は足を踏み出し、居間によろめき入り、電話を台から取り上げ、受話器に向かって言った。「電話を切らないで。」
I put the phone down and went into the bathroom and hit myself in the face with some cold water.
私は電話を置き、浴室に入り、冷たい水で顔を洗った。
Outside the window something went snip, snip, snip.
snip
(チョキチョキ)
[動]
cut with scissors or shears
窓の外で何かがチョキチョキチョキと音を立てた。
I looked out vaguely and saw a brown expressionless face.
look out
(外を見る)
[動]
to be careful or vigilant
私はぼんやりと外を見ると、無表情な褐色の顔が見えた。
It was the once-a-week Jap gardener I called Hardhearted Harry.
once-a-week
(週一)
[形]
happening or done once a week
Jap
(日本人)
[名]
a person of Japanese descent
Hardhearted Harry
(冷血ハリー)
[名]
a person who is cold-hearted and unfeeling
それは私が冷血ハリーと呼ぶ週一の日本人庭師だった。
He was trimming the tecoma--the way a Japanese gardener trims your tecoma.
trim
(剪定する)
[動]
to cut off the ends of something
Japanese
(日本人)
[名]
a person from Japan
彼はテコマを剪定していた--日本人庭師がテコマを剪定する方法で。
You ask him four times and he says, “next week,” and then he comes by at six o'clock in the morning and trims it outside your bedroom window.
come by
(やってくる)
[動]
visit
six o'clock
(6時)
[名]
the time 6:00
彼に4回頼むと彼は「来週」と言い、それから朝6時にやってきて寝室の窓の外で剪定する。
“I think the medicine.
medicine
(薬)
[名]
a drug or other preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease
「薬のせいだと思う。
It is called demerol.
デメロールという薬です。
I think forty, fifty in the bottle.
瓶に40、50錠あったと思う。
No dinner last night.
No dinner
(夕食を食べなかった)
[名]
the last meal of the day
昨夜は夕食を食べなかった。
This morning I climb up on the ladder and look in the window.
climb up
(登る)
[動]
move up or down with effort
今朝、私は梯子を登って窓を覗いた。
Dressed just like yesterday afternoon.
昨日の午後と同じ服を着ていた。
I break the screen open.
私は網戸を壊して開けた。
La señora es muerta.
es muerta
(亡くなりました)
[動]
to die
奥様は亡くなりました。
Frio como agua de nieve.”
Frio
(冷たい)
[形]
having a low temperature
agua
(水)
[名]
the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressib...
雪の水のように冷たい」
I went out to the kitchen to make coffee--yards of coffee.
私はコーヒーを作るために台所に行った。大量のコーヒーだ。
Rich, strong, bitter, boiling hot, ruthless, depraved.
rich
(濃厚な)
[形]
having a strong, full flavor
boiling hot
(熱い)
[形]
having a high temperature
depraved
(堕落した)
[形]
morally corrupt
濃厚で、強く、苦く、熱く、無慈悲で、堕落した。
The lifeblood of tired men.
lifeblood
(命の血)
[名]
something that is essential for the existence or success of something
men
(男たち)
[名]
an adult male human being
疲れた男たちの命の血だ。